Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century virgin and martyr, sister of St. Simeon “The Persian,” bishop and martyr; Tarbula was accused of practicing witchcraft and causing the wife of the anti-Christina Persian king to become ill; Tarbula was condemned and put to death in 345 A.D.
Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church, 1033-1109; led the monastery of Bec in Normandy; appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, but had disagreements with two kings of England, and went into exile twice
Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Montepulciano, 1268-1317; assisted in the foundation of a new convent in Procena; established a convent in Montepulciano under the Dominican rule, and governed there until her death; noted for her visions; still revered in Tuscany
Saint of the Day: St. Alphege of Canterbury, 954-1012; as bishop of Winchester, England, he was so generous to the poor that no beggars were to be found in his diocese; as archbishop of Canterbury, he offered himself to invading Danes in the place of his own people, and he was placed in a dungeon; freed after an epidemic among the Danes, he was later stoned and axed to death in Greenwich
Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu, 1000-1067; settled near Brioude, Auvergne, with a former hermit, attracted followers, and built the abbey of Casa Dei
Saint of the Day: St. Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879; child of a poor miller in Lourdes, France; received 18 appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a cave above the banks of Gave River; eventually entered the Sisters of Notre Dame of Nevers; died at the age of 35
Saint of the Day: St. Hunna; Seventh Century noblewoman of Strasbourg who was so caring of the poor that she helped with the washing for her neighbors in need, earning her the title of “The Holy Washerwoman”; she also donated to monasteries and financed construction of churches; died 679 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Peter Gonzalez, 1190-1246; Dominican priest who served as chaplain of the Spanish court; after retiring from the court, he devoted the remainder of his life to preaching in northwest Spain
Optional Memorial of Pope St. Martin I; 7th Century pope who fought the heresy which taught that Christ had no human will; captured and taken to Constantinople, where he was tortured; in ill health, St. Martin died in 655, and is considered a martyr
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/13/21
Gospel: John 3:7-15
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